Snellville vs Sugar Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Snellville and Sugar Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Snellville and Sugar Hill are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sugar Hill has the higher population (25,285 vs 21,203 in Snellville). Sugar Hill has the higher median household income ($99,479 vs $88,378 in Snellville). Sugar Hill has the higher median home value ($375,900 vs $293,400 in Snellville).

Population, income & housing

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
Population	21,203	25,285
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,378	$99,479
Median home value	$293,400	$375,900
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,738
Housing units	7,492	8,698
Homeownership rate	80.5%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
Population	19,778 → 21,203 (+7.2%)	23,121 → 25,285 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$74,535 → $88,378 (+18.6%)	$87,090 → $99,479 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $293,400 (+73.0%)	$232,500 → $375,900 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,794 (+22.1%)	$1,263 → $1,738 (+37.6%)

Snellville

Population

19,77821,203

Median household income

$74,535$88,378

Median home value

$169,600$293,400

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,794

Sugar Hill

Population

23,12125,285

Median household income

$87,090$99,479

Median home value

$232,500$375,900

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
Under 5	3.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.6%
75 and over	9.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	34.8%	49.4%
Black or African American	39.0%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	23.9%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
Drove alone	66.1%	69.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	19.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
1-unit, detached	91.3%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Snellville	Sugar Hill
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1989	2002